Intentional Giving Program

OUR INTENTIONAL GIVING PROGRAM BEGINS October 11th!

Our Theme: “What we bring, becomes. What we share, enriches.”

Dear Community,

Until Tuesday, November 10, every dollar you pledge to Intentional Giving will be matched by a generous member of our community, up to $34,000.

We have raised $195,000 of our $258,000 goal. Because of this match, $31,500 in new pledges is all it takes to close the gap. Your gift counts twice, and it may be the one that carries us across the finish line.

I’ve spent recent weeks talking with some of you, and I want you to hear what I heard:

• “It’s an honor to give.” — A member for 30 years
• “I do support CSL because it changed my life and opened me up.” — A member who found us online.
• “Everyone is loving, caring, and real. It’s been everything for me.” — A member who has been supported by our Community Care team
• “It’s a space where people can be who they are. Most of my friends are from CSL.” — A practitioner

This is what finishing our goal makes possible:

• Care for one another, right here. Our Community Care team makes home visits, drives people to medical appointments, and offers a listening presence when life is hard. Your gift helps everyone in our community know they are seen and held.
• Fair pay for the people who carry our community. Our band, sound team, music director, marketing team, and visiting musicians pour their gifts into every gathering. We recently began paying our sound team. This campaign creates fair, equitable pay with cost-of-living raises for our staff, including me, and professional-rate pay for visiting musicians. Let’s invest in the people who are investing in us.
• A full-time home for our administration. For years, Clara has held the details of this community with grace in a part-time role, and we are deeply grateful for her service as she moves into retirement. Growing the role to full-time gives our expanding vision a steady foundation as Suzette steps in.
• A spiritual home beyond our walls. Our online congregation is a gathered, global community. Some members are homebound in Bellingham, and many more log in from across the country and from Canada. This year we added two online-only practitioners, and your support helps everyone who joins us from a screen feel truly welcomed.

No outside entity funds this ministry. We are the investors, and what we bring, becomes.

Please choose a monthly pledge and make it today:

• $40 a month
• $100 a month
• $150 a month
• Or another amount that feels like a true yes

[Give your Intention for 2027 now and it will be doubled: https://cslbellingham.org/intentional-giving/]

If you have already submitted your Intentional Giving Form, thank you from my heart. If you are able to increase your gift, the increase will be matched too.

Please fill out the Intentional Giving Form by Tuesday, November 10, so your gift is included in the match. Then let’s close this campaign together and celebrate.

With gratitude,

Rev. Abigail

P.S. A member has generously offered to match every pledge through November. That chance won’t come again. [Submit your form by 11/10 at https://cslbellingham.org/intentional-giving/.]